Cloud Computing: Providing Both Hardware and Software On-Demand Services
June 2, 2009
McKinsey Cloud Computing Report Conclusions Don't Add Up | www.cio.com
o Cloud computing can encompasses both hardware and software services. o Cloud computing is not a passing fad, nor is it a new concept. o Cloud computing can benefit organizations both large and small.
Breakup of the Wintel alliance caused by Netbook
June 1, 2009
Intel goes after Windows 7 on netbooks with Linux | www.computerworld.com
1. Economy forces partners to go it alone. 2. Does Intel know software?
Hulu’s Traction Causing Friction with Multichannel Operators
May 14, 2009
Disney Teams Up With Other Networks Online, Buying Stake in Hulu Site | online.wsj.com
1. As online viewership grows, Pay TV companies reconsider sharing their content for free 2. Multichannel companies such as Comcast (CMCSA), Time Warner Cable (TWC) and DIRECTV (DTV) pay cable networks billions of dollars each year to carry programming
Oracle (ORCL) Expanding its Software-as-a-Service Presence
May 4, 2009
Oracle to expand Web-based software offerings-source | www.reuters.com
o Oracle is no stranger to on-demand computing but has, with a few exceptions, focused its efforts on providing a database and middleware platform upon which third party software vendors could build on-demand applications. o Oracle's pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems will allow Oracle to greatly expand its cloud computing capabilities. o Oracle's new on-demand software will allow it to better compete against pureplay SaaS vendors such as Salesforce.com while also countering efforts of SAP and its BusinessByDesign SMB-focused SaaS initiative. o Oracle is hedging its bets and positioning itself in both the on-premise and on-demand world.
Will Netbooks be the place where Microsoft stumbles?
April 27, 2009
Maker: First Android netbook to cost about $250 | www.computerworld.com
1. Low price competition with good enough computing environment means Microsoft must get it right with System 7. 2. If a netbook costs less than a Ipod touch, will the number of netbooks increase beyond the number of Ipods?
April 21, 2009
Oracle Acquisition 'Transforms Market' | www.crn.com
Oracle has already stated their profit expectations from Sun. They must have a clear plan to turn around Sun’s business. Underestimating Oracle is a losing bargain!
3-D Cinema to Add $1 Billion to Box Office Revenues
April 13, 2009
'Monsters vs. Aliens' in 3-D: Taking filmmaking to another dimension | www.latimes.com
1. Year to date domestic box office revenues are 14% higher than the record year of 2008 2. Driven by 3-D, 2008 saw a 33% year-to-year rise in the number of digital screens available worldwide.
Finding a win win strategy for Microsoft and Yahoo is the challenge
April 13, 2009
After a year of bad blood, Microsoft, Yahoo talking again | www.computerworld.com
1. Both Microsoft and Yahoo need to gain from any alliance 2. Yahoo is an early pioneer on the internet and Microsoft is the pioneer of the PC, but can they take on the upstart Google?
Security Technology Vendors, Too Little Too Late?
March 30, 2009
Cyber crime profits running into trillions of dollars | www.itnews.com.au
Information security technology vendors have been trying to catch up with the hacker community with little success in the last couple years. Most of their tools are out of date the day that they are released for sophisticated attacks. The hacker community has become more organized and focused on their goal to quietly make money through the use of malicious software and social engineering without advertising their capabilities. The vendor community needs to change the fundamental ways the design and produce technology or at a minimum reset expectations on the value proposition of their capabilities if they are to continue to drive value and not become commoditized in enterprise information technology environments.
iPhone will win over the corporation because of its applications
March 30, 2009
iPhone gains smidge of enterprise cred | www.networkworld.com
1. The new API's will drive new applications 2. Third Party applications will fill in any void's for iPhone
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Google music launches: The end of the end for the music industry
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